diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 0612fa367bd1..b3309b83371a 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static struct dentry *hfs_file_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	igrab(dir);
 	hlist_add_fake(&inode->i_hash);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	dont_mount(dentry);
 out:
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }